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Emerging from the gloom: Handel's Ottone revived by ETO in Hackney
A revival of James Conway's staging of Ottone launches English Touring Opera's autumn season of three Handel operas.
Grimeborn delivers a wholly satisfying Half Ring at Hackney Empire
Using Jonathan Dove and Graham Vick's distillations of Siegfried and Götterdämmerung, the company concluded its miniature Ring cycle in under five hours, without sacrificing musical or dramatic tension.
Sisterhood tenderly explored: Little Women at Opera Holland Park
Composer-librettist Adamo does full justice to Louisa May Alcott's 19th-century bestseller, one of the most widely read works in American literature.
A valiant Walküre at the Hackney Empire
Wagnerites can get their fix in London this week, where Die Walküre opens the Grimeborn Festival in Julia Burbach's new production of the adaptation by Graham Vick and Jonathan Dove.
Opera Holland Park: colour and laughter as Figaro opens the season
Amid all the18th-century flummery, contemporary touches abound as the OHP's post-pandemic season opens.
A labour of love and determination: L’Enfant et les sortilèges
Virtual Opera made real as Ravel's miniature masterpiece is recorded remotely around the world and melded with Leanne Vandenbussche’s picture-book drawings and the London Philharmonic Orchestra's soundtrack to create magic.